Recapping The Minors: August 26th

Just one win for the top five teams in the system, but boy was it impressive! Luis Cruz had the line of the year for Astros minor league pitchers, going the distance in a 5-0 win. Besides allowing just two hits, one walk, and striking out 14 batters, he also threw an incredible 79 pitches for strikes (109 total pitches). Here are the other notable stat lines from last night’s games.

OKC – 3 Nashville – 6

Jose Martinez – 2/5, 1 2B

George Springer – 2/4, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB (20)

Japhet Amador – 2/5, 1 K

Jonathan Singleton – 2/3, 3 RBI, 2 BB – Love that line!

Marc Krauss – 1/3, 2 BB

Ross Seaton (L) – 4.1 IP, 9 Hits, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR

Rhiner Cruz – 1.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Pat Urckfitz – 2.1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Hector Ambriz – 1 IP, 4 Hits, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

CC – 5 San Antonio – 0

Leo Heras – 3/5, 1 HR (1), 1 2B, 4 RBI – Wooohooo!

Preston Tucker – 2/4, 1 RBI

Erik Castro – 2/4, 2 2B, 2 K

Matt Duffy – 2/4

Ronald Torreyes – 1/3, 1 BB, 1 K

Luis Cruz (W) – 9 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 1 BB, 14 K – Line of the year from an SP!

LC – 1 RC – 4

Carlos Perdomo – 3/3, 1 BB

Joe Sclafani – 0/2, 1 BB, 1 SB (16), 1 Error (12)

Chris Epps – 1/3, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K

Jesse Wierzbicki – 1/3, 1 BB

Vincent Velasquez (L) – 5 IP, 5 Hits, 4 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 HR

Tyson Perez – 3 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Jordan Jankowski – 1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

QC – 2 Burlington – 3 (10 Innings)

Teoscar Hernandez – 1/4, 1 2B

Carlos Correa – 1/4

Danry Vasquez – 1/3, 1 SB (11)

Rio Ruiz – 2/4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB (11)

Austin Elkins – 1/3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Josh Hader – 6 IP, 4 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K – Very nice!

Zach Morton (BS) – 3 IP, 4 Hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Patrick Christensen (BS, L) – 0.2 IP, 3 Hits, 2 Runs, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

TC – 1 Brooklyn – 8

James Ramsay – 1/3, 1 BB

Conrad Gregor – 1/2, 1 BB

Michael Martinez – 1/3

Jack Mayfield – 2/3

Chan Moon – 0/2, 1 BB, 1 K

Adrian Houser (L) – 1.1 IP, 6 Hits, 6 Runs, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Randall Fant – 5 IP, 6 Hits, 2 Runs, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K

Charles Basford – 0.2 IP, 1 Hit, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Zachary Dando – 1 IP, 2 Hits, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Today’s Scheduled Starting Pitchers (According To Team Websites):

OKC – TBD

CC – TBD

LC – TBD

QC – Daniel Minor (3.63 ERA)

TC – TBD

Former OKC players like Robbie Grossman are playing well for the Astros!

Mandatory Credit: Rob Grabowski-USA TODAY Sports